People v. Townsend
This text of 40 A.D.3d 786 (People v. Townsend) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Collini, J.), rendered August 19, 2004, convicting him of burglary in the first degree and attempted robbery in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant asserts that he was deprived of his constitutional right to present a defense when the court struck testimony concerning the victim’s HIV status. However, for the reasons discussed in People v Taylor, 40 AD3d 782 [2007] [decided herewith]), any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
The defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Ritter, J.E, Santucci, Balkin and McCarthy, JJ., concur.
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